subclass Asteridae

Noun

1.

subclass Asteridae - a group of mostly sympetalous herbs and some trees and shrubs mostly with 2 fused carpels; contains 43 families including Campanulales; Solanaceae; Scrophulariaceae; Labiatae; Verbenaceae; Rubiaceae; Compositae; sometimes classified as a superorder Synonyms: Asteridae

asterid dicot family, asterid dicot genus, Asteridae, Campanulales, class, class Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledones, class Magnoliopsida, Dicotyledonae, Dicotyledones, Magnoliopsida, order Campanulales, order Polemoniales, order Rubiales, Polemoniales, Rubiales